Three elephant style Santa Fe B40-8's. Lead a stack train at Hackberry, Arizona. (Tom Ellis photo)

What a cool little railroad the Saint Maries River Railroad is. Using GP9's of Milwaukee heritage, hauling raw lumber. (Tom Ellis photo)

A Canadian Pacific red barn CP 9022 leads five standard carbody SD40-2's through the Canadian Rockies. (Tom Ellis photo)

A couple Burlington Northern SD60M's 9298, and 9277. Are work a Montana coal branch. (Tom Ellis photo)

MRL 290 leads seven companions. MRL 290 is special for multiple reasons. It was painted up in a special paint scheme, for Montana's centennial for statehood 1989. It is also the lone SDP40R on the... (more)

Early morning as ATSF 5859 leads an eastbound, hotshot through West Flagstaff. (Tom Ellis photo)

Four GP40-2's and a GP40 begin the climb of Gilluly. D&RGW 3113, 3127, 3106, 3084, and 3109. (Tom Ellis photo)

In what appears to be a fresh out of box SD90MAC 8022. Even the MU boxes are still closed. As this new AC leads two DC locomotives. (Tom Ellis photo).

It's a winter scene as the eastbound Zephyr navigates the Price River Canyon. (Tom Ellis photo).

Santa Fe hot shot. Four GP60's with a pig train. With a new GP60M out front. (Tom Ellis photo).

Utah Railway 9006 descends Gilluly with a loaded coal train. Seeing the F45 in the head end consist was a bit rare. It spent most of it's day sandwiched in the helper set. (Tom Ellis photo).

Back when the GP60M were the pride of the railroad. Three GP60's come thundering through Flagstaff, Arizona with a hot pig train. (Tom Ellis photo).

A lash up you would think could only happen on a model railroad. D&RGW SD45's 5328, and 5336, sandwich a big Union Pacific DD35 83. They are going under the over pass at 4th South, running down 4... (more)

It's been 14 year since the SP, Rio Grande merger at the time of this photo. Seven since Union Pacific took over. Don't tell the boys in Helper, Utah the Rio Grande doesn't exist anymore. They gat... (more)

One of those shot you see, and want to get yourself. But living in Utah it's easier said than done. I tried it with my dad in 1999 and we struck out. A secondary line that has a few coal trains a... (more)